Madrid, Mar 17 (EFE) .- The labor costs of firms per worker per month reached 2638.8 euros in the fourth quarter of last year, representing a fall of 0.5% over the same period of 2013, a decline that adds to experienced also in the previous three quarters.
According to the Quarterly Labour Cost Survey (LCI) released today by the National Statistics Institute (INE) of that spending, wage costs (including base salary, allowances, overtime payments and arrears, all measured in gross terms) stood at 1991.84 euros per worker and month, 0.2% lower than last year.
The wage cost is the component that most influences the total cost incurred by an employer per worker per month.
The INE stresses that if wage costs are excluded from the variable factors (extra pay and arrears, which fell by 1.3%), gross wages have increased 0.1%.
As for the other costs nonwage, the decline was 1.5% (646.96 euros), because the non-wage payments 18.3% (77.87 euros) were cut by lower severance or end of contract compensatory payments, small tools, work clothes or recruitment.
This decline in non-wage payments offset the 1.8% increase experienced by the obligatory social security contributions (584.52 euros) and a rise of 18.3% of grants and bonuses (15.42 euros).
The labor cost per hour fell 1.2%, higher than the cost descent worker, who was due to an increase in the number of actual hours of work.
If this effect is eliminated and the calendar, the decline calculated the cost per hour was 0.2%.
By sector, industry 3202.56 euros was the sector that saw an increase in labor costs (1.4%), while construction (2849.36 euros) and services (with 2,518 01 euros) accounted for a fall of 0.2% and 0.9%, respectively.
In particular, industry highlights the growth in regular wages and other costs, in particular, of the compensation pay and other direct benefits.
Meanwhile, construction recorded a further increase in the wage and the greatest decrease in other costs due to falling severance pay and other benefits . Direct
By activities, the largest increases in labor costs occurred in the supply of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning (2.8%), Public administration and defense; Compulsory Social Security (1.7%) and manufacturing (1.7%).
By contrast, the largest declines were recorded in arts, entertainment and recreation activities (3%), extractive industries (2.4%) and financial and insurance activities (2%).
By region, the labor cost in the Basque Country and Madrid exceeded over 400 euros average national, and Extremadura and the Canary Islands that cost was below average in the same amount.
In response to annual cost growth, Cantabria, Baleares and Navarra presented the highest growth rates, while Castilla y León, Catalonia and Valencia accounted for the largest decreases.
During the fourth quarter of 2014 the average weekly working hours under was 34.3 hours (considering together the entire time and partial), from which lost about 4.6 hours on average per week, mostly for holidays.
If you add overtime and losses are subtracted, the working week is reduced to 29.8 effective hours of work.
The wage gap between full- and part-time was 5.43 euros per hour (16.11 euros / hour to complete and 10.68 euros / hour for partial).
As for working time, full-time workers nearly doubled the hours worked versus those who had part-time (33.6 hours per week versus 17.7).
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